I found a few more videos to keep all your dance fans HP! First up is the most excellent instrumental trance track DJ Peran – We Want To Be Free. WARNING! X-Rated vid! This track reminds me of the summer, washing the car, going for a drive, roof down! Although I don’t think I’ve ever had my car washed by such babes! Anyway, like I say, it’s little on the dodgy side, so don’t say I didn’t warn ya!

Next up is a track that I keep hearing on Galaxy. It by The Lost Brothers – Cry Little Sister and it’s a choon! A version also appears on the latest Ultra.Trance album. Choon! 100%! (Watch out for the vampires in that vid!) 🙂

Next up is the brand new single by Junior Jack – Da Hype. It’s due out for a UK release later this month and features vocals from Robert Smith (apparently he was in The Cure?!)(yeah, I know, I know – soz, I’m not a fan of The Cure!)

Next up is this odd kind of track that I found. In fact, it’s not sung in English, so I have no idea what she is singing. But Lorna – Papa Chulo is a cool video, and the gal keeps going on about “Papi” and “loco”. Works for me! 🙂 It guess is the kind of thing you’d see on MUN-DOS.

The last 2 vids I’ve added are the Unrated version of Yomanda – You’re Free (wow – I’d forgotten how good that track sounds!)(do what you want to do!) and Tim Deluxe – Less Talk More Action. Both cool, both fresh, and both very chewy! Enjoy!

Another year is upon us, and as usual we’ve got lots of brand new choons to get us started!

First up on the January 2004 dance chart is an energetic vocal dance/euro track by The Force – Paradise & Dreams. I don’t know too much about the people behind this track, but I think it’s the AATW crowd who brought us the likes of Flip n’ Fill and Ultrabeat. If you like them, you’ll like this. A very close second is Matt Darey with an awesome track called “Voice Of Angel”. Marcella Woods provides the haunting lyrics accompanied by top class production. Gets a UK release on Monday 12 January.

Take a great U2 track – “With Or Without You”, sample it, drop an awesome dance beat over it, add a sample from Whitney Houston’s “How Will I Know?” and what do you get? A surefire hit! “Take Me To The Clouds Above” by LMC vs U2 is at number 3 on our chart. Although the sample from U2 is original, the lyrics on the track are actually sung by Rachel MacFarlane – but it doesn’t matter – this song rocks! It’s out at the end of January in the UK.

At number 4 is a very radio friendly track which is just taking off in Europe right now. Dr Kucho Feat Jodie – It’s All About You (Bob Sinclair Edit) comes from the Bruce Elliott Smith stable and features mixes from Bob Sinclair. The video for this track is currently being made in London – we’ll try and grab the link just as soon as it’s out!

Back to more uplifting vocal trance next – Pascal Feat. Karen Parry – This Will Be (The Best Days Of Our Lives)(Voodoo & Serano Mix) is another catchy track which will again please fans who like their Euro. It features at number 5, closely followed by the new Flip n’ Fill track – Irish Blue. Other awesome tracks to check out include great remixes of Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Rachel Stevens, Louise & The Sugababes. What a great way to start 2004!

The full January 2004 dance chart can be found here

OK, it’s January, Christmas and New Years are over, the weather is grim and you’re back at work. Kinda bad, huh? Well, as usual richii.com has gotten hold of some fresh, chewy music videos to help you soak up those January blues.

First up is an absolute CHOON! If you haven’t heard this, then where have you been? It was first featured in my August 2003 dance chart but was blessed with a UK release this week on Positiva Records and will be out on Ultra Records in the US very shortly. Motorcyle – As The Rush Comes – is an ANTHEM! Motorcycle are Dave Dresden, Josh Gabriel and Jes. You’ve probably seen Dave and Josh’s mixes on my charts in the shape of “Gabriel and Dresden”. Anyway, enough messing about – check out the video for it here.

Next up is an interesting video from Engima. It features a girl who puts this device in her ear and then starts moving all stop-start kinda crazy (woah – that sounds a lot like me on the dancefloor! Spooky!). Anyway, after a drink in a bar, she heads to a party where everyone else is moving in the same way. Then there’s some, errr, action with this other girl, then she heads home. Typical night out kinda stuff really 🙂 Oh yeah, just before she gets home, she takes out this earpiece device and starts moving normally again. Check out the video Voyager here.

ATB has a fairly funky video for Long Way Home featuring clips from his recent US tour. Deepest Blue are back with their follow-up to their first single (also called Deepest Blue). Although not as instantly hit-sounding, it does grow on you and should do fairly well. I think the video is about a guy who heads to a cafe after a night of clubbing and he keeps thinking back to this gal he met on the dancefloor. We’ve all been there, done that, got the T Shirt – so I think you’ll apreciate the vid. Check out Give It Away here.

Black Eyed Peas, Boogie Pimps and Kelis are also in featured in the new video chart, so check them all out here.

OK, the December 2003 Dance Chart has finally been posted!

At the top of the chart we have Ultrabeat – Feelin’ Fine. This is their follow-up to Pretty Green Eyes and it’s a very uplifting, bouncey dance track that was I was hearing everywhere whilst I was in the UK. For more info on Ultrabeat, check out this page. In at number two is Michelle Branch with The Passengerz Tuff Club Mix of Breathe. Yes, I wouldn’t normally associate Mish with dance, but this a pretty funky, hypnotic, dark mix. Also check out some cool Mish pix in this month’s Maxim(US Edition). But anyway, back to the music (focus Richii, focus!)

I’ve raved about Room 5’s Music & You enough, and it’s still sounding good. It’s in at number 3 – check out the video here. Next up is a great uplifting trancer – The Mystery – Feel 4 You (Vocal Radio Edit). It’s a choon – full of energy! Play it in the morning and move yer feet! It just makes ya smile! Or better still put it through your (head)phones on the NYC subway when you’re slammed up against 1000 dog breath Nooo Yawkers on the 2/3 line (you can still nod your head, even if you can’t move yer feet). CHOON!

OK, so Britney’s new album features a fairly good dancey track in the shape of “Breathe On Me”. She kind of sounds like Kylie in it – it’s in at number 6 on the chart, worth giving this track a listen methinks.

For the rest of the chart – it’s the usual goodies – NYC-sounding dance tracks in the shape of Becky Baeling – If You Love Me, Tina Ann – Too Late and Cooler Kids – Morning Star (Thunderpuss Club Mix). Trancey fans will like Ozone – Ionize, Armin Van Buuren – Precious (check out Armin’s new album BTW) and Pulser – My Religion (Lange Remix).

The January 2004 dance chart is ready to go and will be posted up later this week, so stay CHOONED!

The full December 2003 Dance Chart can be found here.

We’ve had another submission for the Dance Chart 2003 list! Here’s the Top 40 Dance Tracks of 2003 according to DJ Lummpy:

1. Motorcycle – As the Rush Comes (Gabriel and Dresden Mix)
2. Plummet – Damaged (Antillas Mix)
3. Conjure One – Sleep (Ian Van Dahl Mix)
4. 4 Strings – Let it Rain
5. Jessy – Look at Me Now (CJ Stone Mix)
6. Delerium – After All (Svenson and Gielen Mix)
7. Beck Baeling – Getaway (Mike Rizzo Global Club Mix)
8. Amuka – Appreciate Me (Peter Rauhofer Mix)
9. Halo – Say You Will (Pulsedriver Mix)
10. Paul Van Dyk – Nothing But You (PVD Club Mix)

Read on for 11-40:11. Young Parisians – U Write the Rules (Solar Stone Mix)
12. Madelyne – Beautiful Child (Hiver and Hammer Mix)
13. Roc Project – Never here.

Here’s another 2003 Dance Chart – this time compiled by JED.

1. Motorcycle-As the Rush Comes (Original/Gabriel & Dresden/Sweeping Strings Remix)
2. Weekend Players-Walk Into the Sun (Original/Riva/Static Revenger Remix)
3. Benny Benassi presents The Biz-Satisfaction, Tomcraft-Loneliness
4. Paul Van Dyk-Nothing But You (PVD Club Mix/Vandit mix), Paul Van Dyk-Time of our Lives
5. Kurtis Mantronik presents Charmonix-77 strings
6. Shakedown-Drowsy with Hope (K-Klass Ultra Vocal Mix), Tim Deluxe-Less Talk More Action
7. Jason Nevins feat. Holly-I’m in Heaven
8. The Roc Project feat. Tina Arena-Never (Radio/Dj Tiesto remix)
9. iio- At the End (Johnny Vicious/Scumfrog Remix)
10. Cassius-The Sound of Violence (Narcotic Thrust Remix)

Read on for the those honorable mentions that nearly made it:Honorable Mention:
Sandy Rivera-Changes
Amuka feat. Sheila Brody-Appreciate Me (NYC Roxy mix)
Andrea Doria-Bucci Bag (Peter Rauhofer Reconstruction Remix)
Lee-Cabrera-Shake It
Junior Jack- E Samba
Coldplay-Clocks (Cosmos/Royksopp’s Trembling Heart Remix)
Room 5-Make Luv
Svenson & Gielen feat. Jan Johnston-Beachbreeze
Jan Johnston- Calling our your Name
Johnny Vicious feat. Aubrey-I’m Waiting

What were you fave tracks of 2003? Submit them here.

Boxing Day Greetings everyone! Here’s another 2003 end of year dance chart – submitted by Lauren Jacob of Pennsylvania, USA.

1. Desenchante – Kate Ryan
2. Passion – Steve Murano
3. Deepest Blue -Deepest Blue
4. My Love Is Always There – Saffron Hill
5. La Vita E – Nek
6. Can’t Make Up My Mind – Sonique
7. I Never Knew – Debora Cox
8. Deluxe Feat. Tammy – In My Eyes
9. Princess Vanessa – Around The Decks
10. Helen – La Musica Che Batte
11. Eddy Wata – Jam

Send me your selection by clicking here.

OK – I’ve had an e-mail from a reader who’s sent me his favourite tracks for 2003. Here’s Mike 2003 end of year Dance Chart. Mike’s a DJ based out of Cincinnati, USA:

1 Damaged — Plummet
2 I Wish I Wasn’t — Heather Headley
3 At The End — IIO
4 Burn For You — Kreo
5 Emotional Rollercoaster — Vivan Green
Something Happened On The Way To Heaven — Deborah Cox
6 Alive again — Cher
7 Never — The Roc Project f/Tina Arena
8 A 1000 Beautiful Things — Annie Lennox
9 You promised me (tu es foutu) — In Grid
10 I got a feelin’ — Vicki Shephard

Read on for the rest of the chart….11 Morning star — Cooler Kids
12 Bucci Bay — Andrea Bucci
13 One day in your life — Anastacia
14 Last night — Marie Turner
15 Shiny disco balls — Who da funk
16 All that mattered — De nuit
17 Loneliness — DJ Tomcraft
satisfaction — Benny Benassi
18 Centre of the sun — Conjure One
19 Bottles and cans — Angie Stone
20 Get better–kmc f/sandy
all the things she said–tatu
white flag–dido/stoned

Mike added, “not totally in order but close enough. I am sure I have left something out, there are some mixes I like better. Some of the songs may not have been released in 2003 but for me they were songs I have heard for the first time also some of them represent songs that were played in the Cincinnati area along with what I heard in Ft Lauderdale, Columbus, Louisville and Pittsburgh when I took trips out of my area”.

What are you fave dance tracks of 2003? Let me know here

Here’s a funky new choon that you’ve got to check out! If you liked that guitar sample once made famous by Stardust’s “Music Sounds Better With You”, then you’ll love the new Room 5 Featuring Oliver Cheatham single! It’s caled “Music And You” and it’s out NOW on Positiva Records UK.

Click here to watch the video.

Just perfect for the Xmas dance floors!

Autumn is well and truely with us, and as usual we have a whole heap of new choons out as we head towards Christmas! (Woah – Christmas so soon? Where did September/October go?!)

At Number One we have the awesome Angel City feat. Lara McAllen – Love Me Right. If you want to know more about this choon check out this article. Anyway, if you’re getting a little tired of the original version then you should check out the postively trancey Rezonance Q Remix. Noice. Staying on the trance front we have a great vocal trance re-entry. Nightlife – Shining Star (ProAgressive) appeared in the charts earlier this year. Anyway, it’s back in the shape of “The Mystery Remix”. This has ANTHEM written all over it! And it reminds of Halloween in NYC (long story!) 🙂

Hey, if we’re going to have one ANTHEM, we might as well have two right? Darren Tate vs. Jono Grant – Let The Light Shine In (Jono Grant Remix) is another awesome vocal trance track. I’m not sure who’s singing the lyrics, but they turn the OK instrumental into a stunning track. (# You are my guide, # You are my light, #You take me to a place where I can shine!). Hey – we all need “Shining” tracks in the autumn!

Circ – Destroy She Said is a great bit of pop-dance. Be warned though, it’s very, very catchy – it may a couple of months old, but it’s worth checking. If it hits radio, it will do very well. For the trancey ones amongst you, there’s the De Donatis Remix.

As usual, there’s something for the more housey crowd – check out “John Silver – Come On Over”. Not quite as good as “One More Time” by Daft Punk, but kind of close. There’s also Joe’s Corner Feat. Emily T. with a track called “Squad 7”. Very much a soulful, housey, feel-good track.

For more vocal trance, check out I-C-Q – Without You (Club Mix), Kyau vs. Albert – Velvet Morning (Mirco de Govia Remix), Blue Star – Dreaming (M+M Radio Remix) and Astroline – I Close My Eyes (Club Mix). I don’t normally add R n’ B to these charts, but Fabolous Featuring Tamia – Into You is a choon, so check it! Tamia has such a great voice and her other dancey stuff has been great, so she deserves a mention. As does Frankie J – Don’t Wanna Try (Hump Remix).

More next month – I’d better get going with the Christmas shopping! (BTW, next month you can send in your TOP 10 choons of 2003, so start thinking about them!)

Full November 2003 Dance Chart is available here.